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PHYS 486: Quantum Physics I

75% of the 1,461 students who finished PHYS 486 at UIUC got an A or B, across 20 sections and 7 instructors.

A 44%B 31%C 18%D/F 8%W 0%

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InstructorGrades givenStudents
Faulkner, Thomas
2 sections · last Spring 2024
43% A · 43% B · 10% C · 3% D/F
127
Shelton, Julia F
3 sections · last Spring 2025
48% A · 36% B · 12% C · 4% D/F
162
Pfaff, Wolfgang
3 sections · last Fall 2025
53% A · 27% B · 13% C · 7% D/F
234
Past instructors (4) · last taught before 2022
Wiss, James E
2 sections · last Spring 2017
41% A · 36% B · 19% C · 4% D/F
172
Makins, Naomi C
3 sections · last Spring 2020
46% A · 27% B · 18% C · 8% D/F
226
Madhavan, Vidya
1 section · last Fall 2021
44% A · 26% B · 18% C · 13% D/F
62
Beck, Douglas H
6 sections · last Spring 2015
37% A · 29% B · 23% C · 11% D/F
478

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